Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 10/2/2000

Mazzone v. Attorney General

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432 Mass. 515

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noting that it had often chosen not to reach the question of organizational or official standing when the standing of the individual voters was sufficient to sustain the action
rejecting argument that summary was unfair because it did not mention aspect of initiative that challengers claimed violated Federal law
Legislature presumed to employ statutory terms in manner consistent with their “com mon and approved usage”
Legislature presumed to employ statutory terms in manner consistent with their “common and approved usage”
provision expanding drug treatment programs in Commonwealth and, inter alla, providing program funding through enhanced fines for drug violations related
common purpose found where “provisions of the petition relate directly or indirectly to expanding the scope of the Commonwealth’s drug treatment programs and . . . ‘fairly’ funding those programs”

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